The paper introduces SurveyAgent-HKA, a multi-agent framework designed to improve scientific survey generation. The framework addresses limitations of single-source LLM approaches by incorporating knowledge from published surveys and peer-review comments. It decomposes survey generation into distinct agent-managed subtasks. The initial outline is constructed by retrieving relevant papers from multiple sources and identifying key topics through clustering. This outline is then refined using outlines from related human-written surveys. Subsequently, topic-focused papers are retrieved and re-ranked to support drafting a well-grounded survey. Finally, the framework incorporates common issues identified in peer-review comments to guide revisions and finalize the survey. Experiments on two domains show that the approach outperforms mainstream baselines in citation quality, structural consistency, and content quality. The framework is also efficient in both time and cost.
Key details include the use of LLM-powered agents for each sub-task and the incorporation of data from published surveys and peer-review comments. The system retrieves relevant papers from multiple sources and identifies key topics through clustering to construct an initial outline. The refined outline is then used to select and draft the survey content. The framework leverages expert feedback from peer-review comments to guide revisions and ensure high-quality output.
This approach offers a practical solution for AI-assisted scientific writing applications. The efficiency of the framework, both in terms of time and cost, makes it suitable for broader applications. The framework’s architecture allows for modularity and potential integration with existing research workflows.
Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05938